Becoming alkaline, or alkalising, is an approach to health which emphasises a reduction of foods which have an acidifying effect on the body and an emphasis on those that are alkalising. These healthy, alkaline, nourishing and life giving foods include green, leafy vegetables, salads, nuts, low-sugar fruits and healthy fats & oils. The reason we need to alkalise our body is because the Western diet has become so focused upon acid-forming foods such as sugars, trans-fats, dairy, fizzy drinks, chocolates and cigarettes.

The result?
Just take a look around you. At least one person you know will be obese, fatigued, chronically ill, or prematurely aging. In the UK over 40% of deaths are related to heart disease¹ and over 2 million people have diabetes² .. 1 in 4 children are obese today³ , and this statistic has doubled in the last decade.

So what is the answer?
The answer is to focus our diet and lifestyle on foods that alkalise our bodies, infusing us with the nutrients we need to flush out the toxins and return our bodies to their natural state. Through over-acidification we have literally become sick and tired.

1 Office for National Statistics: Causes of Death in 2002 (published: 18th December 2003). www.statistics.gov.uk/
2What is Diabetes’ http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/What_is_diabetes/What_is_diabetes/
3Health Survey for England 2004, (published: 21st April 2006), http://www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/hsechildobesityupdat